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  • March 16, 2009 | The Recorder

    On the Move

    San Francisco Martin Quinn has been elected president of the Academy of Court Appointed Special Masters, and Fern Smith has b

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  • March 19, 2013 | National Law Journal

    Supreme Court Strengthens First-Sale Doctrine in 6-3 Vote

    Libraries, museums, retailers and others who buy copyrighted goods made abroad can resell them without violating federal copyright law, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday. Th

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  • August 10, 2007 | Lawfirminc.

    Survey Says Librarians Like Their Jobs but Are Displeased With Vendors

    Refer to it as the library, and Sarah Nichols will quickly correct you, with just a bit of an edge in her voice. "We call it the Information Resource Center, or IRC," says Nichols, the global direc

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  • May 1, 2007 |

    The Patent Killer

    Bruce Downey of Barr Pharmaceuticals is leading the charge to create a legal framework for copies of biotech drugs. So far, the generic industry has gotten its wish list inscribed in a bill sponsor

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  • April 16, 2009 | The Recorder

    S.F.: Not So Shabby

    SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco's legal business is holding up against the recession a lot better than other major cities', according to first-quarter data collected from about 100 large

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  • March 29, 2007 | National Law Journal

    States looking at appeal-bond caps

    FIVE STATE LEGISLATURES so far this year have passed or are considering statutory limits on the amounts that defendants must put up as bonds in order to appeal judgments against themselv

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  • May 9, 2013 | The Recorder

    Fed Criminal Chief Under Haag Leaving

    The Criminal Division chief for the Northern District U.S. attorney's office is moving on.Miranda Kane, who stepped into the role in 2010 under U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag, confirmed pl

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  • December 31, 2008 | The American Lawyer

    Legal OnRamp Founder Sells Its Virtues

    "Success is not correlated with legal quality. Because no one knows what that is." Paul Lippe is at it again, jabbing at the conventions of the legal profession. This time it's th

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  • March 27, 2006 | Alm

    Nation's Biggest Firms Weigh In on Supreme Court's Detainee Case

    When the Supreme Court hears arguments this week in a landmark dispute over executive power in wartime, the Bush administration will be outnumbered - if not outgunned. Many of the nati

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  • July 12, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

    People in the News

    Elected and appointed Sara D. Lipscomb, JoAnne A. Epps and Patricia K. Gillette joined the NAWL Founda

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